What is CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE?

A challenge to a juror for which some cause or reason is alleged. Termes de la Ley; 4 Bl. Comm. 353. Thus distinguished from a peremptory challenge. Turner v. State. 114 Ga. 421. 40 S. E. 30S; Cr. Code N. Y. 1903, 5 374

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